“The Time Has Come To Build A 21st Century Economy”

President Obama
As I listened to President-elect Obama‘s speech the other day, I was tickled that he chose this moment to promote my upcoming book, Get Digital: Reinventing yourself and your career for the 21st Century Economy (2009, Lake House Press). Actually, he wasn’t promoting my book, he was articulating some of his thoughts about how digital Continue Reading →

Lon T. Palmer (1929-2008)

It is with profound sadness that I write to tell you of my father’s passing. Lon T. Palmer, age 79. Beloved husband of 56 years to Roberta Boyer Palmer, devoted father to sons Jason and Shelly Palmer and his wife, Debbie, adoring grandfather of Brent and Jared Palmer and Alexis and Andrew Zinberg and great-grandfather Continue Reading →

IBM 3Q Net Income Up 20%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 9, 2008

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. IBM reports that its third quarter net income is up 20% over this time last year. International Business Machine’s took in $2.8 billion in the third quarter, proving that its market of large corporations and government agencies is intact while Continue Reading →

Pandora Is On Its Last Limb: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer August 19, 2008

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on PANDORA’s lifespan and how the record industry will ultimately kill webcasting with high royalty rates. ELECTRONIC ARTS (NASD: ERTS) will not extend its bid to acquire TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE (NASD: TTWO) for the sixth time. After learning Continue Reading →

Mortgage Crisis Causes DISH Network To Fall Off The Roof

DISH Network
DISH Networks Q2 profits were up. Unfortunately, 25,000 subscribers went missing. The company blamed the drop in subs on weak economic conditions, aggressive promotional offerings by their competition, the heavy marketing of HD service by their competition, the growth of fiber-based pay TV providers, signal theft and other forms of fraud, and operational inefficiencies at Continue Reading →

Senator Ted “Tubes” Stevens Indictment is Appropriate Metaphor for U.S. Communication Power Shift

Sen Ted Stevens
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska is facing a seven-count indictment accusing him of accepting more than $250,000 in unreported gifts. The Washington Post reported that many Alaskans "greeted the news of Stevens's indictment on corruption charges as if they were condemned to a pauper's death, fearful that they will no longer be able to depend on the largess of "Uncle Ted." Continue Reading →